Optimism about the future of solar PV development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is now higher than ever.

Last week, on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit 2016 in Abu Dhabi, the Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA) released a report describing MENA as a 5GW solar market in 2016. It sees Egypt as the region’s biggest centre of development in the coming year, with roughly 1.5GW